FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Question
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Guahan which means “Island”
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Guahan which means “We Have”
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Islas de los Ladrones or “Island of Thieves”
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Isla de los Ladrones or “We Have”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chamorros are the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands of which Guam is the largest and southernmost on an island chain. Archeological evidence identified civilization dating back 5, 000 years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Guam is referred to as 2 Guahan in the Chamorro language. Guahan is “a place that has” i.e., a place of 3 resources. Guahan is all all-encompassing. 4 According to the Guam Historian of the government of Guam, the 5 etymology of Guahan could be derived from the base word, guaha. Guaha means, 6 there is, have, exist.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did Guam get its name: When sailors from Spain came to Guam, the native Chamorro people would run out to their ships to sell fruit, calling “Guahan!” “Guahan” means “I have, ” and it sounded like “Guam” to the Spanish sailors, who named the island after this greeting.
Detailed explanation-4: -Guam: Religious affiliation. Native Guamanians, ethnically called Chamorros, are of basically Malayo-Indonesian descent with a considerable admixture of Spanish, Filipino, Mexican, and other European and Asian ancestries. Chamorros and other Micronesians constitute about half the population.